Folding chair for steamers



(No Model.)

- G. F. BATT.

FOLDING, CHAIR FOR STEAMEES, 6w.

Patented June 4, 1889.

M Arman/Ens UNITED STAT S PATENT Grricn.

CHARLES F. BATT, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK FOLDING CHAIR FOR STEAMERS,800.:

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,589, dated June 4,1889 Application filed February 13, 1889. Serial No. 299,702. (No model).To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. BATT, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented anImproved Folding Chair for Steamers, &c., of which the followingis aspecification.

The object of my invention is to construct a simple but strong foldingchair, more especially adapted for use 011 steamers, houseporches,orlawns. In one of the most common forms of steamer-chairs the side armsare each made in two pieces to fold up with a hinge at a point, where itis apt to be grasped by the hand of the user to the frequent injury ofthe fingers and clothing. It is one of the main objects of my inventionto so construct the chair as to avoid this objectionable feature, and toprovide a strong support for the seat.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved chair. Fig. 2 is a side view of the chair partially folded.Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the chair folded up. Fig. 4 is anenlarged perspective view of a detail, and Fig. 5 is a view of anotherdetail on a somewhat larger scale.

I prefer to use slat-work in the frames of the seat A and the back 13 ofthe chair, although cane, carpet, or other material maybe used. I makethe front legs b I) continuations of the side bars of the back of thechair,while the rear legs a a are continuations of the side bars of theseat A. These two parts (the seat with its legs and the back with itslegs) are pivoted to each other by means of a pivotrod D, bolted to onepart and passing through suitable bearings secured to the other. In thepresent case I have shown the rod as bolted to the seat and rear legsand as passing through bearings cl, secured to the front side of thechair-back. These bearings are formed with projections cl, Fig. 4,whichform stops for the seat, and a cross-bar a on the under side of the seatfinds a rest and support upon these stops cl when the chair is in theopen position, Fig. 1. There is also formed upon or attached to theouter edge of each side bar of the back 13 a stop I), againstwhich theupper side of the corresponding rear leg finds a bearing when the chairis in use, as shown in Fig. 1.

The side arms E of the chair are each made rigid throughout theirlengththat is, without the objectionable hinge in them heretofore spokenof. I pivot the side arms to the seat near its front edge, as shown inFigs. 1, 2, and 3, and connect their other ends by a cross-bar ebehindthe back of the chair. The rear ends of the pivoted side arms rest uponsupports e, which are secured to or formed upon the side bars of theback B. For convenience I prefer to make each of these supports in onepiece with the stops 1) on the corresponding side bar of the chair-back.The arms thus being supported by the direct bearing of the cross-pieceupon the side bars of the back, the seat is firmly braced by very simplemeans not liable to get out of order, while the supports for the sidearms prevent any liability to collapseby pressure upon the arms, as whenthe user rises from the chair.

To fold the chair up, the seat is turned up toward the back of thechair, and at the same time the side arms E slide back over the supportsdownward, as shown in Fig. 2, until such side arms hang down behind theback, and the chair will then be found to be folded into a smallcompass, with correspondingly-curved parts lying up against each other,in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3.

As a convenient means of pivoting the side arms to the seat I passthrough a slot in each side bar of the seat from the under side a headedbolt f, Fig. 5, which is preferably a T- plate entering a central slotin the rounded end of the arm E. A pin f, passed through the arm andbolt, completes the pivotal connection.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the seat and back of afolding chair pivoted together, with side arms connected to the seat andresting upon supports on the chair-back, and having a brace restingagainst the rear of the side bars of the latter to support the seat,substantially as described.

2. The combination of the seat and back of a folding chair pivotedtogether, with side arms pivoted to the seat and resting upon supportson the chair-back, and provided with stops near their ends which engagewith the rear edges of the side bars of the back to support the seat thesaid side arms hanging down behind the back when the chair has beenfolded up with the seat against the back, all substantially asdescribed.

The combination of the seat and back of a folding chair pivotedtogether, with side arms pivoted to the chair-seat near the front of thelatter, the side arms having supports on the chair-back, and beingconnected together behind the latter by a cross-brace bearing on saidback to support the seat, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the seat and back of a folding chair pivotedtogether, with front legs forming a continuation of the chair-back, andback legs forming a continuation of the chair-seat, and side armspivoted to the chair-

